drag racing

Last month, a Tesla Model S P85D electric car stormed silently to a drag-race victory over a 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, and became the talk of the Internet. The 691-horsepower all-wheel drive luxury sedan easily outpaced the Hellcat and its 707-hp supercharged V-8 through the quarter... read more

There is a popular internet meme that suggests Mazda's Miata is the answer to every automotive question. You want something fun? Something inexpensive to run? Reliable? Easy... read moreJuly 8, 2014 by Antony Ingram

If you're looking for a car to take drag racing, you might want to consider a Tesla Model S electric sedan. Drag Times posted the video above of a race between a 2013 Tesla... read moreJanuary 31, 2014 by Stephen Edelstein

The Ferrari 458 Spider is not a slow car. That sounds like a statement of the obvious, but when you see it left for dust by another vehicle, as in the video above, you might... read moreApril 5, 2013 by Antony Ingram13

Forty years ago, in the midst of fuel crisis after fuel crisis, automakers large and small around the world came up with concept and limited-run electric cars that would, it... read moreMay 15, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield1

Drag racing is conventionally noisy. Very, very, very noisy. And while electric drag racing is slowly getting started--and a number of racers have been rudely surprised by... read moreMarch 16, 2012 by John Voelcker13

Last month Ferrari Boss Luca di Montezemelo reiterated that his firm would never bring an all-electric car to market, declaring that he just didn’t believe in them... read moreSeptember 12, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield1

Electric cars are often seen by the general public as slow and unsuitable for motorsport events like drag racing. Ron Adamowicz is out to change that perception, and his... read moreAugust 17, 2011 by Kurt Ernst2

You may not realize it, but the ultimate gas-guzzling motor racing sports in the world have been keeping collective eyes on the humble electric car, with a view to creating... read moreMay 16, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield1

It's the end of October, but we'll spare you the lame Halloween jokes and dive directly into the most popular posts of the month on AllAboutPrius.com. Just like the month... read moreOctober 31, 2009 by John Voelcker1

We're back on schedule with our favorite end-of-month activity, logging the most popular posts of the last month-or-so on AllAboutPrius.com. Autumn is here (for those of us... read moreSeptember 30, 2009 by John Voelcker2

Which is faster, the 2010 Toyota Prius or its predecessor, the 2004-2009 Prius? On paper, the 2010 should win. Its engine is larger (1.8 liters vs 1.5 liters) and more... read moreSeptember 14, 2009 by John Voelcker7